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Yellow-throated Vireo Sounds

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© Benjamin Clock | Macaulay Library New Jersey, May 05, 2011

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Maryland, June 02, 1996Recorded by Wil Hershberger
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Ontario, July 16, 1958Recorded by William W. H. Gunn
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Ontario, July 26, 1963Recorded by William W. H. Gunn

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Yellow-throated Vireos sing a broken series of burry 2- and 3-syllable phrases as if saying three eight. Between bursts of three eight they pause for a second or longer. In his Essential Field Guide Companion, Pete Dunne describes the song as a vireo with a sore throat. Males sing from the canopy starting during migration and throughout the breeding season, though the intensity of song decreases after obtaining a mate. Red-Eyed Vireos sound similar but lack the burry quality of Yellow-throated Vireos.

Calls

Males and females make a harsh, scolding chatter during aggressive encounters with other vireos, birds, or predators. The intensity of the scold increases with the level of threat.

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Pine Warbler Adult male is similar to Yellow-throated Vireo

Pine Warbler Adult female is similar to Yellow-throated Vireo

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Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis(Order: Passeriformes, Family:Vireonidae)

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